COVID-19 Response Plan

COVID-19 Response Plan School Year 2021/22

Version 1.1 updated September 7, 2021

Jenny Jungeblut, GISSV Assistant Principal & COVID Designee Susan Malone, Head of Saturday School

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Priority for Full In-Person Learning General Safety Measures On Campus: Indoors On Campus: Outdoors Snack & Recess Parents/Visitors on Campus Symptoms Check COVID Testing/Exposure Air Quality Impact What if-Distance Learning

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California Dep of Education / Public Health Guidance:

Priority for Full In-Person Learning

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General Safety Measures ● Everybody on campus wears masks except for eating and drinking ● Students and staff continue to wash or sanitize their hands before entering and exiting a room ● No cohorts but divisions are separated as much as possible ● Students are instructed not to touch each other but no special distancing is enforced ● Ventilation in the classroom is a priority ● Families sign an honor code to check symptoms and keep students with symptoms at home

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On Campus: Indoors ● Mask requirement at all times ● No eating and drinking allowed anywhere indoors (including teacher’s lounge) ● Ventilation as much as possible (windows and doors open, ventilator on) ● No mandated distancing but students should keep distance as much as possible ● Teachers should continue to avoid close contact

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On Campus: Outdoors ● General mask requirement ● Eating and drinking: distancing required for all people on campus (six feet) ● Drinking fountains stay closed ● Water bottles can be refilled in the classroom or the water fill station outside the library

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Snack & Recess ● Every division stays in their area ● No games/activities allowed where students touch each other ● No sharing of food or drinks

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Parents/Visitors on Campus

Pick-up/Drop-off

● Only staff and students are allowed on campus (exceptions apply)

● Preschool/Kindergarten-parents drop off and pick up at the classrooms

● Library will be open for 10 visitors at a time.

● 1st-4th graders at the front gate.

Teachers will pick up and bring students to gate

● Parent room opening is pending

● 5th graders and older can go independently to and from the classroom

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Symptoms Check At home and at school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaG1-ghKrCQ&t=1s

● All families sign an honor code that they will check for symptoms before school and keep their students home ● Teachers will monitor symptoms and are instructed to send children to the office (isolation room and home) if they display symptoms of COVID-19

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COVID Testing

Covid Exposure

● Periodic COVID testing will be required for staff and students, regardless of vaccination status ● Negative COVID test required for first day of class ● Negative COVID test required for first day of class after winter break and spring break ● All tests from a provider with a certified result will be accepted. Home tests are not accepted. (Antigen/PCR/Rapid Test) ● Date of test may not be older than one week before class date

● Report positive COVID tests to smalone@gissv.org ● Families will be contacted if a positive COVID test is reported within their Saturday School class ● Families will follow current local guidelines for quarantine and testing before returning to Saturday School ● Families will confirm a negative COVID test before returning to Saturday School classes ● Individual instructors will arrange online classes when possible

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The importance of everyone’s diligence in following COVID safety measures cannot be overstated. Please stay home if you are displaying symptoms or not feeling well.

Please contact your teacher or Susan Malone if you have questions. smalone@gissv.org We’re looking forward to another year of learning together.

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AQI-Air Quality Impact It’s Wildfire Season

● AQI at 100+: Students can stay inside during recess; running during recess is discouraged

High AQI might happen with wildfires increasing in the late summer.

● AQI at 150+: If measured at 7:30am: campus closed for the day and distance learning takes place

Measures against COVID-19 and high AQI are mutually exclusive!

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What if… Distance Learning ● Classes will go online if any of these conditions are met: ○ Schools in the Mountain View Whisman school district close for in person classes ○ Several school districts in the area close for in person classes ○ AQI is 150+ at 7:30 am ● Teachers will share information about how to log on to class. ● If a student is sick, they should stay home. ● If a student must quarantine/stay home from their regular school/work, they should not attend Saturday School. ● Please contact your teacher if you must stay home. In the case of several students being at home, teachers may offer an online option for that day. That will be teacher’s preference. ● Teachers will provide work to students who miss class for any reason

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